Re: Those Nice, Nuke-Pursuing Iranians

"The Revd Terence Fformby-Smythe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:52:21 -0500, "Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >"dapra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> Ed wrote:
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> >> > "Margie K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> >>How come the leftists don't care about Iranian or North Korean Nukes?
I
> >> >>thought nuclear weapons were bad?
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> >> > No, Margie, apparently ONLY the Israeli nuclear weapons are bad.
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> >> According to best estimates, Israel has 200, Iran has none, North Korea
> >> has 0-8 nukes.
> >> One can understand why a nation, what is on Bush's hit list of the
"axis
> >> of evil", wants to have a few nukes to deter Bushs aggression. He
> >> already took out one, under trumped up charges and false pretenses. And
> >> of course the neocons are eager to extend the list in the name of their
> >> new world order.
> >> Israel has by far the best conventional military in the Middle East. I
> >> have no idea why they need 200 nukes. A few ok, but 200? A deranged
> >> Israeli leader could bomb the whole Europe and the Middle East back
into
> >> the stone age.  It's understandable, that the Europeans think the US
and
> >> Israel, with their aggressive posture, are #1 and #2 threats to peace.
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> >The point of it is this:  Israel will never, NEVER use one single nuke
> >unless another nation acts against Israel first, in such a way that it
will
> >endanger her very existence.  Whether the threat comes from an Arab
country
> >or elsewhere, the fact that Israel has such a large arsenal should be the
> >best deterrant from anyone attacking her.
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> 'Israel' does not have the capability to counter a nuclear attack from
> the US.   Its nuclear capability is not a deterrent.  It would do well
> to remember that.

Well, the LAST thing Israel will ever have to worry about is a nuclear
attack from the US.
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